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· Fixed an issue where the story cycle wouldn't trigger even after starting a legendary hunt and fulfilling all conditions.
· Corrected an exploit that allowed players to gain unlimited prestige by repeatedly triggering the Iberian Struggle ending. This prevents exploits that could lead to infinite farming of core in-game resources, thus maintaining game balance.

· Improved the land purchase interaction, changing it so that duchies can only be purchased if the seller has full control over them. This prevents issues where partially owned duchies could be sold and considered legitimate.
· For landless characters, the land purchase interaction has been fixed to ensure land is correctly distributed to the buyer, preventing situations where a transaction appeared successful but yielded unexpected results.

· Resolved an issue where custom title names would reset to their default values after the ruler's death, ensuring player-given title names are preserved.
· AI characters can now upgrade their knightly orders, leading to healthier in-game logic.
· Fixed a bug where canceling a right of way would refund gold or prestige, eliminating an exploit that allowed players to gain resources by canceling interactions.

· Fixed the El Cid story cycle so it can be completed properly.
· Corrected the Reinstated Caliphate ending so that administrative rulers from the incoming government correctly receive claims (Casus Belli), ensuring the game state aligns with the intended design after the ending.
· Characters who have reached their concubine limit can now still offer concubines to other characters, facilitating smoother social interactions within the game.

· Fixed an issue where side buttons in the character panel were not displayed correctly after loading a multiplayer save file, improving the stability of multiplayer sessions.
· Ensured that the correct titles and government types are displayed when selecting Japanese starting characters, increasing the accuracy of the game's starting screen.

· Fixed the travel system so that characters who were traveling are reset to their original location if their travel plan is canceled, making the travel system cleaner and more predictable.
· Modified the cheating notification so that it no longer immediately alerts everyone. However, pregnancies initiated in previous hotfixes may still trigger this behavior.

· This hotfix focuses on improving the overall game experience by preventing story content from getting stuck, closing economic loopholes, fixing display issues with regions and governments, preserving title history, and enhancing the consistency of interactions.
· While there are no flashy new features, it reduces the frustration caused by game logic errors when loading save files, triggering story cycles, managing your domain, or utilizing late-game systems.